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'''Alois Mertes''' was a German diplomat and bureaucrat. He joined the [[CDU]] in 1961. He was a [[Christian]].<ref>http://www.crisismagazine.com/1983/a-letter-from-germany-to-u-s-bishops</ref> He died in office as [[Staatsminister im Auswärtigen Amt]].
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'''Alois Mertes''' was a German diplomat and bureaucrat. He joined the [[CDU]] in 1961. He died in office as [[State Secretary at the German Federal Foreign Office]]. In the early 1980s he attended ''both'' [[Le Cercle]] and the [[Bilderberg]]. It is suspected that he was also a member of [[Opus Dei]].<ref name=ISGP>https://isgp-studies.com/Le_Cercle_membership_list</ref> His son, [[Michael Mertes]], spoke alongside [[Maarten Brands]] and some other [[Bilderberg]] members in Boston in 2009.<ref>http://www.bu.edu/european/tag/maarten-brands/</ref>
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==Education==
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After graduating from high school in [[1940], Mertes took part in the [[Second World War]] as a soldier. After being released from captivity, Mertes studied law, history and Romance studies at the universities of [[University of Bonn|Bonn]] and [[Sorbonne|Paris]]. In [[1948]] he completed his studies with the state Examination in History and French and in [[1951]] he received his doctorate at the University of Bonn with the work [[France]]'s statement on the [[German Revolutions of 1848]].
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In 1952, Mertes joined the Foreign Service of the [[West Germany]], for which he worked at the Consulate General in [[Marseille]] and at the embassies in [[Paris]] (1958-1963) and [[Moscow]] (1963-1966). In 1968/69, he completed an official study stay at the [[Weatherhead Center for International Affairs|Center for International Affairs at Harvard University]], headed by [[Henry Kissinger]], with the study ''Reflections on Détente: Russia, Germany, and the West''<ref>Available in: Günter Buchstab: Alois Mertes – Der Primat des Politischen, Düsseldorf 1994, S. 1–61.</ref>. After his return to Bonn, he took over as head of the European Security and Regional Disarmament Unit at the Federal Foreign Office.
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From 1969 to 1971 he was chairman of the Catholic Bundes Neudeutschland.<ref> Rudolf Vierhaus (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages 1949–2002. K. G. Saur Verlag, München 2002, S. 558.</ref>
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From 1969 to 1972 he held a teaching position for political science at the [[University of Cologne]].
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From 1972 until his death, he was a member of the [[German Bundestag]]. Here he was chairman of the foreign policy working group of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group from [[1980]] to [[1982]].
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On 4 October 1982, he was appointed Minister of State at the Foreign Office in the federal government led by Chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]].<ref> Jenninger, Phillipp (1986). Alois Mertes zur Erinnerung Ansprachen u. Nachrufe. Kevelaer: Verlag Butzon & Bercker. ISBN 3-7666-9498-7. </ref>
  
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In the early 1980s he attended ''both'' [[Le Cercle]] and the [[Bilderberg]]. It is suspected that he was also a member of [[Opus Dei]].<ref name=ISGP>https://isgp-studies.com/Le_Cercle_membership_list</ref> His son, [[Michael Mertes]], spoke alongside [[Maarten Brands]] and some other [[Bilderberg]] members in Boston in 2009.<ref>http://www.bu.edu/european/tag/maarten-brands/</ref>
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He was a [[Catholic]].<ref>http://www.crisismagazine.com/1983/a-letter-from-germany-to-u-s-bishops</ref>  
  
 
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Person.png Alois Mertes   Amazon WikidataRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
( diplomat,  politician,  deep state operative)
Alois Mertes.jpg
Born29 October 1921
 Gerolstein,  Germany
Died16 June 1985 (Age 63)
 Bonn,  Germany
Cause of death
 stroke
Victim ofPremature death.jpg premature death?
Nationality German
Alma mater •  University of Bonn
•  Sorbonne
•  Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Religion Catholic
Children • Michael Mertes.jpg Michael Mertes
•  Klaus Mertes
Member ofLe Cercle, Stauffenberg Service
Interests Opus Dei
PartyCDU

Alois Mertes was a German diplomat and bureaucrat. He joined the CDU in 1961. He died in office as State Secretary at the German Federal Foreign Office. In the early 1980s he attended both Le Cercle and the Bilderberg. It is suspected that he was also a member of Opus Dei.[1] His son, Michael Mertes, spoke alongside Maarten Brands and some other Bilderberg members in Boston in 2009.[2]

Education

After graduating from high school in [[1940], Mertes took part in the Second World War as a soldier. After being released from captivity, Mertes studied law, history and Romance studies at the universities of Bonn and Paris. In 1948 he completed his studies with the state Examination in History and French and in 1951 he received his doctorate at the University of Bonn with the work France's statement on the German Revolutions of 1848.

In 1952, Mertes joined the Foreign Service of the West Germany, for which he worked at the Consulate General in Marseille and at the embassies in Paris (1958-1963) and Moscow (1963-1966). In 1968/69, he completed an official study stay at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, headed by Henry Kissinger, with the study Reflections on Détente: Russia, Germany, and the West[3]. After his return to Bonn, he took over as head of the European Security and Regional Disarmament Unit at the Federal Foreign Office.

From 1969 to 1971 he was chairman of the Catholic Bundes Neudeutschland.[4]

From 1969 to 1972 he held a teaching position for political science at the University of Cologne.

From 1972 until his death, he was a member of the German Bundestag. Here he was chairman of the foreign policy working group of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group from 1980 to 1982.

On 4 October 1982, he was appointed Minister of State at the Foreign Office in the federal government led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl.[5]

Religion

He was a Catholic.[6]

Death

The New York Times reported that he died of a stroke, aged 63.[7]

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Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/198115 May 198117 May 1981Switzerland
Palace Hotel
Bürgenstock		The 29th Bilderberg
Bilderberg/198313 May 198315 May 1983Canada
Quebec
Château Montebello		The 31st Bilderberg, held in Canada
Bilderberg/198510 May 198512 May 1985New York
US
Arrowwood of Westchester
Rye Brook		The 33rd Bilderberg, held in Canada
Le Cercle/1983 (Bonn)30 June 19833 July 1983Germany
Bonn		The June 1983 Cercle meeting was held in Bonn, West Germany
Le Cercle/1984 (Bonn)5 July 19847 July 1984Germany
Bonn		Held in Bonn, West Germany, the list of the 36 visitors was published online in 2011.
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References

  1. ↑ https://isgp-studies.com/Le_Cercle_membership_list
  2. ↑ http://www.bu.edu/european/tag/maarten-brands/
  3. ↑ Available in: Günter Buchstab: Alois Mertes – Der Primat des Politischen, Düsseldorf 1994, S. 1–61.
  4. ↑ Rudolf Vierhaus (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages 1949–2002. K. G. Saur Verlag, München 2002, S. 558.
  5. ↑ Jenninger, Phillipp (1986). Alois Mertes zur Erinnerung Ansprachen u. Nachrufe. Kevelaer: Verlag Butzon & Bercker. ISBN 3-7666-9498-7.
  6. ↑ http://www.crisismagazine.com/1983/a-letter-from-germany-to-u-s-bishops
  7. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/18/world/alois-mertes-is-dead-at-63-bonn-foreign-ministry-aide.html


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